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paddy wagon

noun
🔊/ˈpædi wæɡən/
🔊/ˈpædi wæɡən/
 (informal)
(also patrol wagon)
(North American English)
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  1. a police van for transporting prisoners in囚车Topics Transport by car or lorryc2, Law and justicec2
    Word Origin1930s: paddy from Paddy, perhaps because formerly many American police officers were of Irish descent.